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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt | 21 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-repack.txt | 10 |
2 files changed, 29 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt b/Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt index 2d67d3911e..4cb2e83faa 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt @@ -8,7 +8,10 @@ git-pack-objects - Create a packed archive of objects. SYNOPSIS -------- -'git-pack-objects' [--non-empty] [--local] [--incremental] [--window=N] [--depth=N] {--stdout | base-name} < object-list +[verse] +'git-pack-objects' [-q] [--no-reuse-delta] [--non-empty] + [--local] [--incremental] [--window=N] [--depth=N] + {--stdout | base-name} < object-list DESCRIPTION @@ -32,6 +35,10 @@ Placing both in the pack/ subdirectory of $GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY (or any of the directories on $GIT_ALTERNATE_OBJECT_DIRECTORIES) enables git to read from such an archive. +In a packed archive, an object is either stored as a compressed +whole, or as a difference from some other object. The latter is +often called a delta. + OPTIONS ------- @@ -74,6 +81,18 @@ base-name:: Only create a packed archive if it would contain at least one object. +-q:: + This flag makes the command not to report its progress + on the standard error stream. + +--no-reuse-delta:: + When creating a packed archive in a repository that + has existing packs, the command reuses existing deltas. + This sometimes results in a slightly suboptimal pack. + This flag tells the command not to reuse existing deltas + but compute them from scratch. + + Author ------ Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> diff --git a/Documentation/git-repack.txt b/Documentation/git-repack.txt index 9060fe8897..6c0f792dad 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-repack.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-repack.txt @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ objects into pack files. SYNOPSIS -------- -'git-repack' [-a] [-d] [-l] [-n] +'git-repack' [-a] [-d] [-f] [-l] [-n] [-q] DESCRIPTION ----------- @@ -43,6 +43,14 @@ OPTIONS Pass the `--local` option to `git pack-objects`, see gitlink:git-pack-objects[1]. +-f:: + Pass the `--no-reuse-delta` option to `git pack-objects`, see + gitlink:git-pack-objects[1]. + +-q:: + Pass the `-q` option to `git pack-objects`, see + gitlink:git-pack-objects[1]. + -n:: Do not update the server information with `git update-server-info`. |